“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.’” Deuteronomy 6:20-21
As you live with one consuming passion for the Lord, your life will provoke questions. It will need explaining. The way you live will be so different from other families that your children will want to ask you: “Why do you have this deep passion for God?”
It would be easy for parents to jump from the question: “Why do we keep these laws?” (6:20) to the answer: “Because the LORD commanded us” (6:24). But before we get to the LORD who commanded us, we have the LORD who delivered us (6:21-23).
When the children ask a question about the law, they are answered with the old story of God and His amazing love: “We were slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out with a mighty hand. If it wasn’t for the LORD, we would still be slaves. But He redeemed us. And not only has He redeemed us from slavery, He has promised us the future inheritance of His Promised Land.” Wright says, “The meaning of the law is to be found in the gospel.”
So when your children ask you these questions, tell them what the Lord has done for you. Tell them what the Lord means to you. Tell them that the Son of God loved you and gave Himself for you, and how everything you have is from Him.
Are you living in such a way that others will want to ask why you have such a passion for God?
Do You Need Hope This Easter Season?
Watch the powerful story of the thief on the cross today
The thief’s story of salvation is one that begins, literally, on the brink of hell. The pain this man had experienced throughout his life fueled his hate for God, so much so that he detested the man hanging there on the cross beside him. But then, for the first time, he began to fear God.
If you’ve found yourself in a similar place, there is hope. Hope because heaven is real, hope because we have a Savior, and hope because all you have to do is accept Jesus’ invitation.
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